Records set to tumble as Cowbellpedia season five begins
As show aims to nurture great inventors
Babajide Okeowo
Contestants at the 2019 edition of season five of Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics Television Quiz Show which kicked off last weekend in Lagos have set their sight on beating the record set last year by Miss Faith Odunsi of The Ambassador College, Ota Ogun State, who solved 19 Mathematics questions within the 60 seconds of fame segment of the competition.
This is even as Mr. Anders Einarsson, the Managing Director of Promasidor Nigeria Limited, sponsorer of the show, disclosed that the winner in each of categories, (junior and senior) will enjoy an all-expense paid educational excursion outside the country at the end of the initiative.
The quiz show which will run for 12 weeks, is divided into nine preliminary stages, and three semi-finals before the grand finale in November 2019. The organisers also promised that this year’s edition would be more educative and fun-filled as Cowbellpedia is committed to “nurturing great inventors”.
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In the contest last weekend, Master Okafor Ebubechukwu of Saint Francis Catholic Secondary School, Idimu, Lagos, and Master Salami Ayorinde of Princely Academy, Ota, Ogun State moved into the semi-finals of the junior category. The senior category produced Master Uche-Nwichi Jessey – the 2017 junior champion and Master Iroghama Uyiosa both of Graceland International School, Port Harcourt, Rivers State as semi-finalists.
Aside the N2 million grand prize, Managing Director of Promasidor Nigeria Limited, Mr. Anders Einarsson disclosed that the winner in each of categories, (junior and senior) will enjoy an all-expense paid educational excursion outside the country at the end of the initiative.
Also, the first and second runners-up in each category will receive N1.5 million and N1 million respectively, while the teachers of the top prize winners will be awarded N500, 000. Those of the first and second runners-up will receive N400, 000 and N300, 000 respectively.
The 2019 edition of Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz continues this weekend. It will be aired on DSTV Africa Magic Family Channel, AIT Network and other six television stations across the country.
